2018 seems to be a good year for cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. 2017 was full of controversial anti-crypto statements by governments and banks appearing to push with all their might against crypto use. This triggered a sharp bearish trend in markets by early 2018, however, the new year continued with a refreshing turnaround by governments and regulators regarding blockchain and trading.

In the United States, two states have taken the initiative to fully study the nature of bitcoin and work on legal market regulation mechanisms without affecting the interests of their participants.